PBS CEO To Romney: Ads Are Not Workable

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The CEO of PBS, Paula Kerger, told USA Today that Mitt Romney’s idea of cutting public funding to the station and replacing that revenue with ads is unworkable. Not only does it violate FCC rules, she says, but we couldn’t make up for the loss of federal money, which only makes up 15% of the network’s revenue but disproportionately funds rural stations.

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